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meaning this for mil your aftermath maybe here to stay lauren mr t. washington d.c. . all violence isn't only on the rise in afghanistan and fact it looks like america's shadow wars have now increased by one drone strikes have long been reported in pakistan and yemen but now there's news that a week ago and u.s. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a small e organization who according to military officials are now expanding their mission outside of somalia and working more closely with al qaeda was new leadership in place and a new counterterrorism strategy we have to ask if today somalia tomorrow where else joining me to discuss this is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much for joining us tonight for starters ok so now we find out that as early or i guess as late as a week ago could have even come earlier there were drone strikes in somalia carried out by the u.s. i know it's not really shocking news but what would you call it. well again shocking is absolutely not the word in fact he's was really expecting we've seen this ex

murder trial whether it matters to a greater society or not but who cares because it's the show lauren mr r. t. washington d.c. . and while that saga continues another trial wrapped up today one that you may not hear about almost no mainstream media outlets bother to cover it three men were sentenced to twenty five years in prison for trying to blow up synagogues in new york they're known as the newburgh four and were covered as the face of homegrown terrorism the problem is there weren't any bombs the men were given fake explosives by the f.b.i. and asked to plant them promised cash and cars it begs the question if f.b.i. agent provocateurs had not been inciting it would there have been a crime at all some attorneys and activists have condemned this as entrapment and it was certainly an emotional day for all parties involved a court relatives were seen leaving the courtroom crying even the judge basically said she felt her hands were tied and having to sentence these men despite what she cited as outrageous government misconduct in the case now earlier i spoke with alicia mcwilliams mcco

i'm lauren mr and you're watching r.t. now britain and france are stepping up pressure for a united nations security council vote condemning the syrian government's reported suppression of months of unrest the u.s. reportedly has a separate resolution in the works to however they face potential opposition from moscow and from china who've both indicated they're prepared to use their veto power to block a move artie's marina partner has been following this she's going to give us the very latest from new york she's been following her around all day today marina so really what are these resolutions calling for let's start with what's going on with what the u.s. and u.k. and france are pushing for. well warren as you mentioned it was britain who introduced this draft resolution to the security council today behind closed doors that were closed for consultations that took place now the text of this resolution calls for several measures including an international condemnation of syria's quote systematic violation of human rights

i'm lauren mr and you're watching our t.v. now we know and we've been hearing that the u.s. is facing a point three trillion dollar deficit but a new analysis shows the situation is actually much worse that trillions more dollars for two thousand and ten are owed because of the way congress has to do their accounting we don't really hear about that they don't have to report it we also know that the u.s. is in four point four trillion or excuse me fourteen point four trillion dollars in debt and the u.s. national debt is now expected to exceed the size of the u.s. economy this year that would be a first since world war two that's according to a treasury report i do want to point out that this wasn't supposed to happen until twenty fourteen according to past estimates now of course the government. and agree on how to deal with this as we're seeing here in washington but joining me now for more to offer their solution that's a tough order we're going to get right to it are heather steer my she is from for forty group public relations and caroline hellman she is professor of pol

lauren from his apartment as she walked home barefoot at 4:30 in the morning. rosenbaum's lawyers told nbc news in a statement, rosenbaum has fully cooperated with the investigation and passed a polygraph. mr. rosenbaum hopes for nothing less than for lauren to be found and to be safe. after countless searches, hundreds of tips, and still no answer. lauren's parents question whether her friends know more about that night than they're willing to share. >> i think it's frustrating and challenging for investigators to know that several people had contact with her the night she disappeared, may well have information that could help solve her disappearance and have not come forward that everything that law enforcement believes they might know. >> reporter: for now, lauren's parents are left begging for a break that could help bring their daughter home. >> lauren, i miss everything about you. there's not one thing any given day that i'm not missing about you. >> just heartbreaking to hear that mom. bloomington police say all of lauren's friends who have been interviewed have been cooperative. lauren's parents are not giving up. >> very tough stuff. peter alexander, thank you so much. >>> coming